DAU
German, noun[…]
DAU is spelled D-A-U (3 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 59,520th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). DAU is a German noun meaning “acronym of dümmster anzunehmender User (“dumbest assumable user” ~ luser”)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “arabisches/ostafrikanisches Segelschiff mit trapezförmigen Segeln”.
What does DAU mean in English?
noun
- 1
acronym of dümmster anzunehmender User (“dumbest assumable user” ~ luser”)
- 2
acronym of Digital-Analog-Umsetzer (“digital-to-analog converter (DAC)”)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
abbreviation: 1. dümmster anzunehmender User 2. Digital-Analog-Umsetzer
adverb: 1. draußen
noun: 1. arabisches/ostafrikanisches Segelschiff mit trapezförmigen Segeln
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of DAU
- daus alternative
- dauss alternative Switzerland Liechtenstein
- daußen variant
- Dhau alternative
- Dauen nominative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce DAU?
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- [daʊ̯]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is DAU in German?
DAU appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).